In the second year of Jianning (169), the Spirit Emperor created the second "disaster of party proscription". After the first incident of party prohibitions, although Li Ying and the others were dismissed from office and banned from official positions for life, the scholar-bureaucrats all over the world unanimously praised their integrity and attacked the court. They even gave them many praises: He called Dou Wu, Chen Fan, and Liu Shu the Three Lords. Li Ying, Xun Yi, Du Mi and others were called "Eight Juns"; He called Guo Tai, Fan Pang, Yin Xun, and the others the Eight Gus. He called Zhang Jian, Zhai Chao, and the others "Ba Ji"; Du Shang, Zhang Miao, and the others were called the Eight Chefs.
After the extermination of the relatives, the party members were honest and self-disciplined, and their prestige in society was extremely high. They defended Chen Fan and Dou Wu and attacked the current politics. Naturally, it involved the personal interests of the eunuchs, so they were hated by the eunuchs. Every time they drafted an edict, they would always repeat the "ban on party members."
Hou Lan was especially resentful of Zhang Jian. His fellow countryman, Zhu Bing, was an evil villain and was usually despised by Zhang Jian. Hou Lan instructed him to frame Zhang Jian. Zhu Bing wrote a letter to falsely accuse Zhang Jian and 24 fellow countrymen of the "Xi Ping Stone Scripture".
They signed different titles for each other, formed cliques, plotted for the country, and took Zhang Jian as their leader. He ordered the arrest of Zhang Jian. In October of the second year of Yongkang, Cao Jie also took the opportunity to report the arrest and torture of more than 100 people such as Yu Fang, Li Ying, Du Mi and Fan Pang, and their wives and children were exiled to the border. In addition, six or seven hundred people were killed, exiled, deposed or imprisoned because of the involvement of local officials in the indiscriminate arrest of their personal grievances. In the first year of Xi Ping (172), eunuchs ordered Si Li Colonel to arrest more than 1,000 partisans and students of the Imperial College. In the fifth year of Xiping (176), an edict was further issued to the prefectures and counties. All the disciples, old officials, fathers, sons, brothers, and relatives of the party were dismissed from office and imprisoned.
In the fifth year of Xiping (176), the Eastern Han Dynasty was really troubled, but the Fan family was full of joy because their young master had returned from learning martial arts. Ever since Fan Xing and the others left Hidden Dragon Mountain that day, they had been rushing home. It took them more than half a month to go to Hidden Dragon Mountain, but it had only taken them less than ten days to return.
When they were about to reach the Fan manor gate, they saw many people waiting for them at the gate from a distance. Fan Xing was happy and confused when he saw them. "Why would everyone know that we're back?”Fan Xing thought as he walked towards the Fan manor with the Zhao siblings.
As Fan Xing walked closer and closer to the Fan manor, he suddenly saw one of them and immediately knew the reason. When they saw Tong Yuan's hateful smile in the crowd, Fan Xing and the others immediately thought,""We really wasted our tears back then.”However, she was immediately filled with the joy of seeing her master again and returning home. Fan Xing and the others couldn't hold it in anymore. They quickly ran to their parents and told them about their parting.
After that, Fan Xing and the others ran to Tong Yuan and asked,""Master, why are you here?" "Your disciple's letter has already called for your master to come. How can your master not give you face? Haha." Tong Yuan said with a smile, his eyes filled with pride.
It had been a few days since he had returned home. Fan Xing felt a warmth in his heart. He had been telling Fan Yu and his wife about what he had seen and heard when he left home. The family was really happy.
On this day, Fan Xing was in a daze in his room. On his handsome face, his beautiful eyebrows were tightly knitted. He was troubled by something. " Squeak... Ya..." The door suddenly opened. It turned out that Fan Yu had not seen Fan Xing today, so he had come to see Fan Xing. Seeing Fan Xing sitting at the table in a daze, he asked,""Xing 'er, do you have any troubles? Can I help you solve your problem?" Suddenly, Fan Xing asked Fan Yu,"Father, what do you think of this world?"”Fan Yu did not expect Fan Xing to suddenly ask him this question. He was at a loss.
" This world…sigh…" Fan Yu mumbled for a long time before sighing,""The current emperor is fatuous and incompetent, imprisoning good people and worshipping eunuchs. The power of Zhongjuan is growing day by day, causing the imperial court to be in a foul mood. The emperor is even more dissolute and immoral. The eunuchs took advantage of the Emperor's favor and ran amok. They extorted money from the people and wantonly plundered their wealth. In addition, droughts, floods, locust plagues, and other disasters were rampant in the world. The people complained everywhere and were in dire straits.”Fan Xing waited for Fan Yu to finish speaking, then looked at Fan Yu with a burning gaze and said,""Father, I want to save the world.”"What?" Fan Yu broke out in a cold sweat when he heard Fan Xing's sudden words.
"Father, when the country is in trouble, every man has a responsibility. The current emperor is so muddle-headed that the people are suffering. I really don't want to see my Great Han people suffer such a great disaster.”Fan Xing ignored Fan Yu's shock and continued. Hearing Fan Xing's words, Fan Yu felt proud at first, but then he said dejectedly,""Son, I understand how you feel, but is it possible for us to do something so serious just because we want to? "I really have the strength but not the strength. Sigh…" After saying that, he sighed again.
"Therefore, we have to start accumulating our strength and wait for the right opportunity.”Fan Xing did not feel disheartened by Fan Yu's words. Instead, he spoke confidently. Fan Yu didn't know where his child's confidence came from, but when he looked at Fan Xing, the determination in his eyes made him believe Fan Xing's words. "Alright, since I have such a great wish, I will do my best to help you.”
After the conversation between father and son that day, Fan Xing immediately called all the refugees he had taken in in Zhending, as well as the guards and servants of the manor, to a large square in the backyard of the manor. He said that he had something important to tell everyone. When the refugees, guards, and servants heard that the young master had called them to gather at the square in the backyard and said that he had something to tell everyone, they immediately rushed to the open space in the backyard even though they were puzzled.
"Hey, what do you think the young master has to say when he called all of us here?”Guard A asked. "Who knows? However, the young master must have his own intentions.”Servant A replied. "If you don't know, then you don't know. Why are you pretending to be so deep?”Housekeeper Yi said mercilessly. Servant A was embarrassed and wanted to retort. "Alright, alright! If there's anything, you'll know when Young Master comes. Why are you arguing here?”An older servant came out and shouted.
After a while, all the refugees, guards, and servants in the village had arrived. At this moment, Fan Xing led Zhao Yun and Zhao Yu to the square. Behind them were Fan Yu, Zhao Wu, Ouyang Ying, Zuo Ci, and Tong Yuan. Some children were secretly watching from a corner not far away. Fan Xing's group came to the square. Fan Xing looked at the 1,000 people in the square and felt his blood boiling. He was very excited because he was about to realize his wish.
Fan Xing tried to calm himself down and said loudly,""Everyone, you are all from the Fan family.”"Good!" The 1,000 people immediately shouted. "Who has a better life than the commoners outside?”"We!" they shouted back together.”Fan Xing saw that everyone's emotions had been stirred up, so he continued to speak loudly,""You used to be like them. Can you imagine how they lived?”Fan Xing paused. Seeing that everyone was in low spirits, he immediately said,""Do you have the heart to do that?" "No!" One thousand people answered almost as soon as Fan Xing finished speaking. Their expressions were a little excited.
Fan Xing was very satisfied with this. This was the effect he wanted. The adults behind him looked at Fan Xing in surprise."This kid is really born handsome!”The three Zhao siblings and the children looked at Fan Xing with admiration. Zhao Yu looked at Fan Xing with even more infatuation. Fan Xing didn't know what they were thinking. He just wanted to mobilize everyone and gather them together. Fan Xing continued,""We want to save our compatriots from the abyss of suffering. Are you willing?”"I'm willing!" At this moment, everyone's emotions had been completely stirred up. They were all excitedly responding to Fan Xing's words.
"However, our current ability is not enough to save our compatriots.”Fan Xing poured cold water on them at the right time to wake them up. However, the determination in their eyes did not disappear. Fan Xing immediately said,"So from today onwards, I will train you so that you can obtain more strength and have more opportunities to save our compatriots. Are you willing?”"I'm willing!" The thousand people shouted in unison again, their voices filled with determination. Fan Xing heard a satisfactory answer and continued,""Good! However, my training will be extremely difficult. Can you all persevere?”" Yes." This time, his voice was louder than before, and his tone was more determined. It was simply deafening.
Fan Xing was extremely satisfied. He had thought that it would be a little difficult to mobilize everyone, but he didn't expect it to be so easy, and the effect was better than he had imagined. Fan Xing waited for everyone to finish shouting and immediately said,""Good! Now, I'm going to select people to participate in the training. Those who fit the requirements, please stand on my left side. Those who don't fit, please stand on my right side. Alright, now listen up. Men aged 18 to 30, please stand on my left side.”The people in the square quickly split into two sides. Fan Xing saw that there were about 800 people on his left and was very satisfied.
Fan Xing looked at the crowd on his right and saw disappointment in their eyes. He immediately said,""Those who are not selected, don't be disappointed. Your mission is just as important. Those who are selected will go to the front line to fight, and there will be casualties in battles. Your mission is to reduce these casualties. I will teach you some simple emergency treatment techniques. Don't you think so? After hearing Fan Xing's words, those who didn't meet the requirements immediately turned from disappointment to joy as they left the square in cheers.
Fan Xing waited for them to leave, then said to the crowd,""Before training you, in order to reduce the chances of you getting injured during training, I will now teach you some preparation moves that you must do before training. Now, you will do it with me.”After saying that, Fan Xing began to pull his legs, expand his chest, and twist his joints. When everyone saw Fan Xing's actions, they thought,""Is this useful?" However, after they were done, everyone felt very relaxed and admired the young master.
Fan Xing saw that everyone had familiarized themselves with the warm-up movements and continued,""Now, each of you go to the warehouse and get 5 iron plates and a bamboo basket.”Fan Xing had asked Fan Yu to prepare the items in the warehouse. At that time, Fan Yu had asked Fan Xing,""What do you want these useless things for?”However, Fan Xing did not answer. He only said that they would know when the time came. When Fan Yu saw Fan Xing asking everyone to collect those " useless " things, he could not help but be curious. He wanted to see what the use of those " useless " things was.
After everyone gathered their things, Fan Xing continued,""Do you all have five iron plates and bamboo baskets now? Was there half a basket of stones and some short ropes in the bamboo basket?”As soon as he finished speaking, the people in the square immediately checked to see if they had everything on them. Soon, everyone had checked and immediately replied loudly,"Yes, sir!" Fan Xing saw that everyone had taken it and said,""Alright, these things are used to help you train. Now, use the ropes in the basket to tie the iron sheets to your hands, feet, and waist.”After everyone was tied, Fan Xing continued,""Today is everyone's first training, so the bamboo basket is temporarily not needed. However, from the second day onwards, you must tie the iron sheet every day. No matter what you do, you must not remove it.”
Everyone present, including Fan Yu, thought they had heard wrongly. This was torture. They looked at Fan Xing with a hint of fear. Only Zhao Yu did not seem to hear him. Her eyes were still filled with admiration. The people in the square immediately exploded. Seeing this, Fan Xing furrowed his beautiful eyebrows and shouted with all his strength,""Shut up! From the moment you stayed, you were already soldiers. Soldiers must obey orders as their duty. They must do what they were ordered to do. Bandits? Mountain bandits? You still want to save our compatriots in this state? What a joke!" Everyone shut their mouths after hearing Fan Xing's words.
Fan Xing's furrowed brows relaxed. He said earnestly,""I trained you so that you would have a better chance of surviving on the battlefield in the future. You are all from the Fan family, so you are also my family. I don't want to see my family suffer losses, but there are bound to be casualties in war, so I can only do my best to minimize the chances of casualties.”When everyone in the field heard Fan Xing say that he treated them as family and didn't want them to suffer any losses, they were instantly moved and said in unison,""Understood!"
"It's good that you understand. Now, after you're tied up, split into ten teams of eighty people each. Run from the entrance of the village to the end of the official road, then turn back and run back to the entrance of the village. The first ten people in each team will report to me, and I will make other arrangements. The remaining ten people will be in a team of ten, with a team leader, five teams in a team, a team leader, ten teams in a battalion, with a commander and a deputy battalion commander. We don't have many people now, so we'll temporarily form a battalion. I'll make new arrangements then. You are the first batch of members of the Vanguard Camp. Of course, you are still villagers outside. From now on, you must get up at five o'clock every day and start running from the distance between the entrance of the manor to the end of the official road. After running for an hour, come back for breakfast. After breakfast, I will personally lead everyone to train.”Fan Xing saw that everyone understood his painstaking efforts and instructed them on the training method.
After Fan Xing saw that everyone had split up, he immediately got them to start running. At the beginning of the run, everyone did not feel anything. However, halfway through the run, they felt that their hands and feet began to feel weak. In the end, they could not even lift their hands and feet. The first 10 members of each team were left behind by Fan Xing. When everyone had finished running, Fan Xing looked at the people lying on the ground and smiled."This is just a small matter. After you train with me, you will know what hard work is. Alright, everyone can go back and rest now.”Fan Xing turned around and said to the 100 people behind him,""From now on, you will be the first batch of members of 'Hidden Dragon'. You will be responsible for some special tasks. The captain will be the one with the highest martial arts skills among you for the time being. I will find a suitable person to be your captain.”After saying that, he bowed to Tong Yuan and said,"I beg Master to agree."”
Seeing his beloved disciple being so serious, Tong Yuan could only agree,"Alright, I promise you. Come to my place tonight. I have something to say to you. Bring Zhao Yun and Zhao Yu along.”
After dinner that night, Fan Xing brought Zhao Yun and Zhao Yu to Tong Yuan's room. As soon as they entered the room, they saw Tong Yuan sitting at the table and smiling at them. They immediately went forward and bowed,"Master, this disciple has already brought Zhao Yun and Zhao Yu here. What instructions do you have for me?”Tong Yuan didn't answer. He just looked at Fan Xing and said,""The first time I saw you, I knew that you were definitely not an ordinary person. You would definitely have great achievements in the future.”Pausing for a moment, he ignored Fan Xing and turned to look at Zhao Yun and her sister.""I know that you two will definitely follow Fan Xing to create great achievements in the future. I have nothing to help you with, so I can only give you the divine weapons I collected in the past.”
He walked into the inner room and took out three weapons: two spears and a pair of daggers. He handed one of the spears to Zhao Yun and said,""This spear is called 'Pear Blossom.'" The spear was about three meters long and made of fine steel. The blade was thin and there were five sharp blades at the bottom of the spear. Without a doubt, if this spear pierced into the enemy's body, it would definitely leave a few more holes. After handing the spear to Zhao Yun, he handed the saber to Zhao Yu and said,"This saber is called 'Yin Yang' and Yin and Yang are mutually reinforcing and restraining each other. You must understand the wondrous use of this saber yourself.”The two sabers were not the same, but they gave off a feeling of complementing each other. It was extremely mysterious. After Tong Yuan saw his two beloved disciples put away their weapons, he said to them,"You can leave first. I have something to say to Xing 'er.”When Zhao Yun heard this, she quickly said yes and pulled the unwilling Zhao Yu out of the room.
Only Tong Yuan and Fan Xing were left in the room. The atmosphere suddenly became a lot more depressing. The two of them didn't speak and just sat there. Finally, Tong Yuan broke the depressing atmosphere and said with a smile,""Xing 'er, don't be nervous. I just want to have a heart-to-heart talk with you.”Hearing this, Fan Xing let out a sigh of relief. He also felt much more relaxed and replied with a smile,""Master, you should have said so earlier.”"Hehe, you're scared too? I thought he was fearless. He even wanted to save the world. Why would he be afraid of an old man like me?”Tong Yuan said. Hearing this, Fan Xing couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"Alright, I asked you to stay because I want to tell you that if you really have to go to war in the future, I hope you can spare us. After all, we're all Great Han citizens, so there's no need to take too many lives.”Tong Yuan saw that Fan Xing was about to say something, so he didn't give him a chance to continue,""There's no need for you to deny it. I know that your intentions are not limited to the Great Han Dynasty. I'll know when I see you ask your father to purchase a large number of good horses.”Seeing Fan Xing relax, he continued,""I know you will understand, so I won't say anything more. I'll give you a weapon as a token of my appreciation.”Tong Yuan handed the remaining gun to Fan Xing and said,""This spear is called 'Coiling Dragon.'" The spear was three meters long, and a dragon spiraled up from the body of the spear. The blade of the spear was longer than ordinary spears, and the cold air was oppressive. It was a peerless divine weapon. Fan Xing happily took the gun and fondled it as if it was his own child. "Thank you, Master!" Fan Xing held the Coiling Dragon and thanked him.
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